Ok, this is not really a question. More of an assertion and a suggestion.
Listening to music is a hobby with very few table stakes. You are either happy or not happy with what you hear.
Some people are happy for weird reasons (let’s put that in the subjectivist bucket) and some people are happy for provable reasons (objectivist bucket). But why the endless threads about it?
Why so much passion? Why so many (predominantly) males asserting or arguing?
Perhaps we need a chill pill. It’s really fun to look at the data (that’s why we are on ASR) and it’s really fun to explore why X does Y.
Maybe we can keep it at that without being heated. Maybe we can manage to have personal opinions without being overtly decisive. Especially on this forum.
Whether we talk about MQA or DSD, perhaps we can just smile and remember that we have a basic goal of hearing music that is nice, and that is enough.
The measurements - pro and con - are just another level in having fun in this hobby.
Listening to music is a hobby with very few table stakes. You are either happy or not happy with what you hear.
Some people are happy for weird reasons (let’s put that in the subjectivist bucket) and some people are happy for provable reasons (objectivist bucket). But why the endless threads about it?
Why so much passion? Why so many (predominantly) males asserting or arguing?
Perhaps we need a chill pill. It’s really fun to look at the data (that’s why we are on ASR) and it’s really fun to explore why X does Y.
Maybe we can keep it at that without being heated. Maybe we can manage to have personal opinions without being overtly decisive. Especially on this forum.
Whether we talk about MQA or DSD, perhaps we can just smile and remember that we have a basic goal of hearing music that is nice, and that is enough.
The measurements - pro and con - are just another level in having fun in this hobby.